[pct-l] cold sweaty back

[Bill Burge]

Just about anything that you get wet and store to tightly enclosed,  
will mold.

The salinity of sweat may reduce that probability, but if you sweat it  
out and toss it in the rubbermaid when you get home, it will mold.  My  
Camelbak did, but I can't say it was all from sweat...

BillB



On Dec 28, 2009, at 10:55 AM, <ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com> <ned at pacificcrestcustombuilders.com 
 > wrote:

> One answer to this question is to select a pack that carries its  
> weight on
> your pelvis rather than your back, for example the frame pack.
>
> Another related question I have for the List is, do internal frame  
> packs
> that constantly receive moisture from your back, ever mold??
>
> Mtnned
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Mitchell" <bluebrain at bluebrain.ca>
> To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 1:18 AM
> Subject: [pct-l] cold sweaty back
>
>
>> Ok, here's something probably familiar to all of us.  You're hiking  
>> along,
>> take a short break either with your pack off or sitting down with  
>> your
>> pack
>> hanging back off your back.  You get up to go and the pack  
>> reconnects with
>> your back with a nice freezing cold wet smack.  Your back gets all  
>> sweaty
>> while you're hiking and as soon as you take the pack off the breeze  
>> cools
>> off both your wet shirt and the front of your damp pack.  I recall  
>> that
>> happening with regularity and not enjoying it at all.
>>
>>
>>
>> I've hiked with a G4, a G5 and a Catalyst - same experience with  
>> all of
>> them.  So, what I'm wondering is this; has anybody found a  
>> solution?  Any
>> sort of clothing/pack combination that resolves or reduces this  
>> effect?
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> - Potential178
>>
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